From the second sex to the joint venture: An overview of women's rights and family law in the United States during the twentieth century

California Law Review

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2019-

  Kay, Herma Hill ^a  

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EID: 0041778928     PISSN: 00081221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3481213     Document Type: Review

References (2)

1. See CARL N. DEGLER, OUT OF OUR PAST 61-63 (3d ed. 1984).
2. See CARL N. DEGLER, AT ODDS 8-9 (1980) (describing the nineteenth century American family as exhibiting four broad characteristics that distinguished it from its Western European counterparts: (1) marriage was based on affection and mutual respect between the partners, and the woman enjoyed an increasing autonomy within the family; (2) the married partners lived and